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Google Lets Users Strip Visible Watermarks From AI-Generated Content

Google is letting users remove visible watermarks from AI-generated content while keeping invisible SynthID and C2PA metadata intact.

OpenAI's Fetch Bot May Ignore Robots.txt Rules

SEOFOMO News reports that OpenAI's documentation suggests ChatGPT's Fetch Bot may not be bound by robots.txt restrictions, despite evidence of it accessing blocked sites.

Google-Selected Canonicals May Point to Spammy URLs

Google Search Console's URL inspection tool may display canonicals pointing to spammy sites, warranting closer review of canonical selections.

Cloudflare Misconfiguration: How to Avoid SEO Ranking Drops

Misconfiguring Cloudflare can accidentally block Google from crawling your site, causing sudden ranking drops and indexation loss.